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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






2. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






3. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






4. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






5. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






6. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






7. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






8. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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9. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






10. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






11. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






12. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






13. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






14. Individual Educational Plan






15. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






16. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






17. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






18. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






19. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






20. Open syllable






21. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






22. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






23. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






24. Ability to understand and express spoken language






25. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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26. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






27. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






28. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






29. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






30. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






31. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






32. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






33. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






34. One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips - tongue or teeth during articulation.






35. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






36. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






37. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






38. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






39. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






40. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






41. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress






42. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






43. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






44. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






45. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






46. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






47. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






48. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






49. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






50. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






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